My students need exciting literacy materials including a dinosaur fossil lab, a science flip chart, posters, readers theater, and an erupting volcano model.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Batalla's classroom raised $345
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
What child is not intrigued by the mysterious and amazing world of dinosaurs?! As a teacher of students with special needs, finding that spark that will capture their interest and love of learning is key. My role is to help my students become passionate about learning.
I provide special education services to some amazing students in grades 1-4.
These students have a variety of needs including learning disabilities, speech and language impairments, autism, and severe cognitive impairments, to name a few. They face many challenges and require different modes of instruction in order for them to gain access to an education. Many are English Language Learners.
Our school is located in a large urban city in CT. I have the rare opportunity of turning these students on to learning. It is a privilege to work with these special students who are near and dear to me.
My Project
These materials are perfect because they are structured, visual, and engaging. The fossil interpretation lab will allow the students to discover fossils in their classroom! The erupting volcano will show the layers and provide a hands-on demonstration in the classroom erupting volcano in a live and active way!
The posters will provide constant visual support of the instruction.
The materials in this project will help me develop hands-on activities and lessons that will teach critical thinking skills. Our students will learn skills such as following directions, sequencing, describing, and sorting! I hope to combine reading, writing, language, and fun with these classroom activities.
My students deserve the best the world has to give them. My hope is to provide activities and lessons that will teach them the necessary skills to succeed in life! Thank you!
Students with special needs face challenges making it difficult to understand and relate to what they learn in school.
Many of my students are turned off by school because they haven't had much success. Hands-on activities, visuals, and thematic units build schema leading to confidence across the curriculum!
"Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another." -- Marva Collins
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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